In 1492, Christopher Columbus began a historic voyage to the New World. Columbus discovered a new continent and proved his theory that the earth was not flat. His discovery of this new land sparked interest in many large European countries to discover the New World. The new super power of Europe, England, decided to sail to the new continent. The English settled along the shores of the present day United States of America. Along the mainland, they found many people of different cultures that were already residing there. The differing cultures of the Indians and later Africans, did not become intermingled with European culture. The Jamestown inhabitants, Puritans and Pilgrims established the New World without including different cultures, (Natives and Africans) agricultural techniques, modes of behavior, style of speech, dress and other aspects of the existing inhabitants.

The Jamestown inhabitants had a major impact on what American society looks like today without including aspects of Native and African existence. When the inhabitants arrived in the New World, they brought along with them many epidemic diseases such as smallpox and malaria. According to Dobyn he estimated that within the first hundred years of contact with the Natives, about 95 percent of the natives died due to these European diseases. This did not allow the Natives enough time to assimilate their culture with European culture. From 1609 to the present, the dress attire of the Natives has been completely different from the Europeans and Americans. The Europeans laid the foundation of dress attire in the USA This shows how the Natives have not had an affect on the dress attire. When the Europeans began to settle in Jamestown, they built permanent houses mostly constructed of wood. At that time, the Natives lived in tents made of animal skins. Europeans again laid the foundation of home design and technology. To the present day, houses are built in American...

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Abstract
After many centuries, a lot of controversy still surrounds ChristopherColumbus. He remains to be a strange figure in history regarded as a famous explorer and a great mariner who made many discoveries in his days. Other people still regard him as a visionary and a national hero while others chose to remember him as a brutal and greedy person who used the rest of the humanity for his own selfish gains. Despite the fact that there have been protests in his being honored through a holiday referred to as the Columbus Day, he still deserves recognition and acknowledgement as a historical figure performed a great role in the making of the modern world.
1.0 Introduction
ChristopherColumbus was a famous explorer of Italian origin who has been given credit for many events that took place in history. These events happened as a result of the discoveries he made on his voyages. As a result of his exploits, ChristopherColumbus has received both praise and condemnation. His four transatlantic voyages paved way for the Europeans to explore, exploit and colonize America. Controversy has risen over honoring the explorer as a hero or a villain. This paper will assess the legacy of ChristopherColumbus within the context of Latin American History and the consequences attributed to his...

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...﻿ NAME: ChristopherColumbus
OCCUPATION: Explorer
BIRTH DATE: c. October 31, 1451
DEATH DATE: May 20, 1506
PLACE OF BIRTH: Genoa, Italy
PLACE OF DEATH: Valladolid, Spain
ChristopherColumbus
Explorer and navigator ChristopherColumbus was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, Italy. His first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his life. Columbus participated in several other expeditions to Africa. 1492, Columbus left Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña along side. He has been credited for opening up the Americas to European colonization. Explorer and navigator Columbus was born in 1451, in the Republic of Genoa (Italy) to the son of a weaver. Columbus first went to sea as a teenager, participating in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. One such voyage, to the island of Khios, in modern day Greece, brought him the closest he would come to Asia.
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